Friday, February 25, 2011

Penguin Crossing

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Apparently the penguins migrate here around June. Sometimes they build nests under the houses along Breaker Bay (Wellington, NZ).


San Fran Salad

Went to Strawberry Fare in Wellington for the first time last week to get some dessert. I had the trio of ice creams and choose a few typical NZ flavors - like honey hokey pokey, maple walnut, and cookies 'n toffee. It was massive, pretty mediocre and overpriced. Not going back again, but I did find something of interest on the menu.

In addition to the huge dessert selection, I was also surprised to find this odd concoction under the light meals category.

"A delicious mix of salad greens, smoked chicken, avocado, banana, tomato, kumara and spring onion dressed with our famous basil vinaigrette."

Not sure why it's SO "San Fran," because we don't even have kumara, which is a type of sweet potato. Maybe they think San Franciscans are strange and therefore eat strange salads.

What's the deal?